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Thank you Zac, for the encouraging message. I can't think of a better alternative than to accept what is, and to appreciate life. It's very well put in your article.

For attention honing, the most important thing is sensitizing oneself to the feeling of attention. If we think in terms of gradation, there are different attentional qualities that can be in and 'feel'.

When we are in focused and intense mode, that is a higher quality attention than say while we are asleep or when watching the 3rd movie of a movie marathon.

Focused mode has an intensity and engagement built into the attention.

Sleeping is allowing.

Watching movies is the interplay of being in suggestible states and being led the story (that's why we don't ask what ifs when we watch movies).

When I'm sensitized and know the feeling between low grade and high grade attention, I can take measures.

The game is more so of eliminating attention diluting and attention sucking portals. That then creates openness and one can choose what to do with it.

In one of my podcast episodes I explained of attention using the analogy of a jelly. It has substance and form, yet we can shape it.

In there I share a few things you can do with this 'jelly like substance'.

You can condense it, and that'll give you focus. You can flatten it and it'll widen. And small parts of jelly can be broken off.

All that to say, once we recognize it, we can see these things happening and we can also control it better.

Back to the tricks of regaining control... I found that entering a new more conducive environment does the magic among other things.

Thanks for checking out my Facebook group!

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